Ryasna. Protestant Church.

The town of Ryasna has been known since the 16th century. There were different owners and different temples here. At the beginning of the 18th century, the Matushevichi founded the Mariavite Catholic monastery in Ryasna and the St. Anna Church attached to it.

In addition to the church, a Calvinist church was also built. The Protestant church began to be built by the Matushevichi in the early 19th century. The building was built in the form of classicism and for some time was used as a Calvinist temple. The Grabovskys completed the temple and adapted it for their tomb chapel.

A single-nave temple of the hall type, where a semicircular apse is attached to the main volume. The front facade is decorated with a four-column portico of the Doric Order. The door entrance is decorated with a modest classical-style portal. There were four sarcophagi in the interior, which were hung on chains. And six burials were in the niches of the crypt – three have survived to our time. In Soviet times, sarcophagi were looted and three slabs were smashed.

The first owner of the estate and sponsor of the church, Count Grabovsky, was buried near the church and a three-meter basalt monument in the form of a four-sided stele stood on his grave. His grave has not been preserved.

During the anti–Russian uprising of 1863-1864, the parishioners of the church in Ryasna and the monks of the Mariavite monastery took an active part. After these events, in 1868, by order of the tsarist government, the property of the Mariavite monastery was confiscated, and the Church of St. Anna was closed. The church was rebuilt after that. After the reconstruction of the building, a theological and teaching seminary operated in the building of the former Mariavite monastery, where teachers for parish schools were trained.

After the Peace of Riga, this territory became part of the Polish state and the church and monastery were returned to the monks. With the advent of Soviet power in 1939, the monastery and the church were closed. During the war, the buildings were damaged during the war. After the war, there were social facilities in the monastery premises. Then the building fell into disrepair and gradually collapsed. The foundations have been preserved to this day, and the area in Ryasna is called "Klyashtor" by the locals.